The 21st annual FLICKERFEST International and Australian awards were announced this evening at a star-studded ceremony at the Bondi Pavilion, Bondi beach. Attended by celebrated guests from the Australian and the International film industry, the Closing Night ceremony honoured those entrants with award-winning films within the Academy®Accredited competition.
Following the ceremony, a selection of the winning films were screened before the Closing Night Party took place.
And the winners are:
AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AWARD WINNERS:
Movie Network Channels Award for Best Australian Short Film - ‘The Palace’ wr/dir Anthony Maras, prods Kate Croser, Anthony Maras, Andros Achilleos
Special Jury Award - ‘Julian’ wr/dir/prod Matthew Moore
Icebergs Dining Room & Bar Award for Best Direction in an Australian Short Film - ‘Bear’ dir Nash Edgerton, prod Lauren Edwards & John Polson
Miller Australia Award for Best Cinematography in A Short Film - ‘Collision’ wr David Ngo & Nick Matthews, dir Nick Matthews, Cinematography, Sam King & Nick Matthews
Avid Award for Best Editing in An Australian Short Film - ‘Peekaboo’ wr/dir Damien Power, prod Joe Weatherstone, editor Katie Flaxman
The Sydney Morning Herald Award for Best Australian Screenplay - ‘Cockatoo’ wr/dir Matthew Jenkin, prods Matthew Jenkin & Oliver Leimbach
Sandcastle Studios Sound Design Award for Best Achievement in Sound - ‘Nullarbor’ wr/dir Alister Lockhart, Patrick Sarell, prod Katrina Mathers, Merrin Jensen, Patrick Sarell, Daryl Munton
Chaotic Post Award for Most Resourceful Film - ’The Law’ wr/dir/prod Brendon McDonall
SBS TV Award for a Film Chosen by SBS for Broadcast - ‘Eli The Invincible’ wr/dir Miranda Nation, prod Dominic Allen
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION AWARD WINNERS:
SAE Institute Award for Best Use of Digital Technology in a Short Film - ‘Las Palmas’ wr/dir/prod Johannes Nyholm (Sweden)
Flickerfest Special Jury Award - ‘Opastica’ wr/dir/prod Eric Morin (Canada)
Yoram Gross Award for Best Animation - ‘It’s Such A Beautiful Day’ wr/dir Don Hertzfeldt(USA)* Academy ®Accredited
ING DIRECT Award for Best Short Film - ‘Ebony Society’ wr/dir Tammy Davis, prods Ainsley Gardiner & Chelsea Winstanley(New Zealand) *Academy® Accredited
GREENFLICKS COMPETITION AWARD WINNERS:
Flickerfest Greenflicks Award for Best Environmental Short - ‘The death is in the field’ wri/dir Patrick Chappatte
Highly Commended Environmental Short - ‘Common Ground’ dir/prod Hollie Fifer, wri/prod Uncle Bob Randall
Highly Commended Environmental Short - ‘It’s Okay to Call it Odd’ wri/dir Anna-Sofia Nylund, prod Stefan Gustafsson
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION AWARD WINNERS:
Flickerfest Award for Best Documentary- ‘Cutting Loose’ wri/dir/prod Adrian McDowall, Finlay Pretsell & prod Paul Welsh(UK)
Highly Commended Documentary- ‘My Mallorca’ wri/dir/prod Bernadette Knoller(Germany)
FLICKERUP COMPETITION AWARD WINNERS:
Avant Card Award for Best High School Animation- ‘The Fences That Divide Us’ wri/dir/prod Cait Mahoney
SAE Award for Best Upper High School Production - ‘A Hollow Whimper’ wri/dir Emily Christensen Producer Sean OKeefe Lithgow High School
Flickerfest Award for Best Primary School Production - ‘Independence Day’ wri Amy McKinnon, Paris Tsoukatos, Zach Barnett, Shoryu Zaman-Das, Cormac Lavery, Esther Kim, Sarina Chew & Madison Du, dir Maria Kotouc & Lisa Jencsok, prod, Gladesville Public School
Yoram Gross Award for Best Primary School Animation - ‘The Search for Thunderbolt’s Gold’ wri KPS IT Classes, dir Royden Lake & prod Kingstown Public School
Family Movie Channel Award for Highly Commended High School Production - ‘Tubby’ wri/dir/prod: Matthew Thorne